CNN and FNC cover President; MSNBC covers Ramsey…
An emailer writes in that FNC and CNN covered President Bush speaking in New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. MSNBC, however chose not to interrupt the Boulder D.A. press conference on the John Mark Karr fiasco. Is this accurate? I can’t believe MSNBC would opt not to cover Bush live…
UPDATE: In a subsequent email, the emailer says that CNN had audio trouble during Bush’s speech. Apparently around 12:50 pm ET, viewers could hear someone at CNN (Kyra Phillips?) having an off air conversation….
MSNBC stayed wilth the Boulder Press Conf. till it ended at 1:38pm.
Comment by IceMan — August 29, 2006 @ 5:11 pm
I’m not exact on the times, but that’s pretty much what happened. While I am a supporter of the President (on most issues), I rarely watch him speak unless it’s something critical in nature. The New Orleans speech today was just a photo op, and for some reason, I instead wanted to see the Boulder D.A. try to talk her way out of this embarassment created by her office. Kind of like watching a train wreck, I suppose.
Anyway, maybe this is Abrams’ logic - he knows people can go to CNN or Fox to hear the President, so his was the only network that did cover the JonBenet story.
Comment by Missy — August 29, 2006 @ 9:20 pm
Tucker had a piece on this…
Comment by Andy Marquis — August 30, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
I’d love to know what the ratings were for the time period in question. It would be funny (and not surprising) if MSNBC actually scored for ignoring the photo-op speech.
Comment by Arthur — August 30, 2006 @ 1:31 pm